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Management More Crucial Than Ever
Sep 16 2002 // When I was a student in college and majoring in insurance, my professors used to tell us that there was a crying need for good, educated insurance agents. In their opinion, there were too many agents who were...
Management More Crucial Than Ever
Sep 16 2002 // When I was a student in college and majoring in insurance, my professors used to tell us that there was a crying need for good, educated insurance agents. In their opinion, there were too many agents who were...
Attracting and Retaining Employees in a Competitive World
Sep 16 2002 // One consistent trend throughout the United States is the difficulty in finding people to fill job openings. No matter where I travel, I hear this lament from agency owners and managers. In some areas of the country, there...
Insurance Journal Web Site Reaches Milestone of 1 Million Page Views a Month
Sep 10 2002 // InsuranceJournal.com’s associate publisher Mitch Dunford announced recently that the Web Site for the 79-year-old insurance publication surpassed 1-million page views in the month of August. “This is a...
ISO Redesigns Web Site
Sep 9 2002 // Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) has redesigned its Web site (www.iso.com) for a more cohesive graphic look, improved search capability and greater functionality. The redesign includes summaries of ISO’s research...
Mass. Fraud Bureau to Host Claims Fraud Conference
Sep 9 2002 // The Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts will host a conference Nov. 7-8 to discuss new technologies and techniques used to prevent insurance claim fraud. Entitled “Insurance Claim Fraud: Developing the Models and...
NAMIC LAUNCHES WEB SITE FOR ELECTION INFORMATION
Sep 2 2002 // In anticipation of a dramatically revamped roster of state insurance regulators, governors and legislators in 2003, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has launched a new Web site to keep...
Insurance Transitions Web Site Launched
Aug 30 2002 // Business Transitions, LLC, announced the launch of its newest online succession-planning program for insurance practitioners. Insurance Transitions is the second in a line of online succession planning sites for the...
InVEST Expands Insurance Education Curriculum
Aug 29 2002 // InVEST of Alexandria, Va. announced the opening of 14 new classrooms during the 2002 fall and winter semester to attract more recruits to the insurance industry. InVEST’s curriculum introduces high school and...
Vt. First State to Implement Statewide Multimedia, Impaired Driver Ed Program
Aug 22 2002 // During the 2002-2003 school year, Vermont driver education teachers and students will be introduced to Crash Site™, a state-of-the art, interactive CD-ROM program designed to help teens understand the consequences of...
Insurance Journal’s Web Site Sees Increased Traffic, More Unique Users
Aug 19 2002 // Insurance Journal’s Web site, www.insurancejournal.com, has come a long way since its inception back in 1998. Today’s site is an invaluable resource for independent agents and brokers, evident by the thousands...
Kemper Expands Web Training for Agents
Aug 14 2002 // Kemper Auto and Home, formerly Individual Family and Group (IFG) are adding a pair of training seminars to its roster. To date, more than 3,000 new and existing agents have participated in the program since it was first...
PIA’s online registration doubles for third year in a row
Aug 13 2002 // The number of people registering online for the Professional Insurance Agent’s education courses has doubled for the third year in a row, according to the Professional Insurance Agents Associations of Connecticut,...
XL Capital Ltd Answers Analysts Questions on Web Site
Aug 5 2002 // Bermuda-based insurer XL Capital Ltd announced it has posted to its Web site, http://www.xlcapital.com, responses to certain questions asked by analysts on its regular quarterly conference call following the announcement...
INSURBANC EXPANDING
Aug 5 2002 // InsurBanc, the federal savings bank developed by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) to serve agents and brokers, and their clients, won regulatory approval to expand its operations to 15...
Global Aerospace to Offer Insurance for Eclipse 500 Jet Owners
Jul 26 2002 // Eclipse Aviation Corporation, manufacturer of the Eclipse 500 jet, will partner with Global Aerospace, the world’s largest aerospace insurance underwriter, to provide aircraft hull and liability insurance to owners...
Swiss Re to Host Conference on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Jul 12 2002 // Swiss Re will host a two-day conference at the at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on July 17 and 18 focusing on the role of greenhouse gas emissions in causing climate change. “The conference will...
IntegriClaim™
Jul 8 2002 // Marshall and Swift/Boeckh (MS/B) of New Berlin, Wis, launched a new service, IntegriClaim™ Web-Based Training. MS/B’s on-line training service is a fully interactive, Web-based training application for teaching...
Former Okla. State Legislator to Moderate Roundtable
Jul 3 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced that Gaylon Stacy, former state legislator and television personality, will moderate a roundtable of insurance commissioners from across the nation during agents and...
Former Okla. State Legislator to Moderate Roundtable
Jul 3 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced that Gaylon Stacy, former state legislator and television personality, will moderate a roundtable of insurance commissioners from across the nation during agents and...
